MoCo native (Brookeville) and 2023 Sherwood graduate, Bryan Kim, has won the 75th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, held at Daniel Island Club in Charleston, South Carolina. He will be attending Duke University in the fall.
Kim, 18, joins Jason Widener (1988) as Duke players to etch their name on the U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy that includes the likes of major champions Tiger Woods, Johnny Miller, David Duval, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler and Brian Harman, this year’s Open winner at Royal Birkdale who sent a congratulatory video message to the champion. Kim advanced to the championship match, where he defeated Joshua Bai. A breakdown of the championship can be found here. Kim is 11th in the latest iteration of the American Junior Golf Association rankings and 443rd in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. As champion, Kim receives the following:
- A gold medal
- Custody of the U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy for one year
- Exemptions into al future U.S. Junior Amateurs, if age-eligible
- Exemption into the 2024 U.S. Open Championship at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2, in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C.
- Exemptions into the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club, in Cherry Hills Village, Colo., and 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club, in Chaska, Minn.
Delightful at Daniel Island!
Bryan Kim is champion of the 75th #USJuniorAm! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/Roh09ldwpU
— USGA (@USGA) July 30, 2023
Kameron Simmonds, a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, will be representing Jamaica in the team’s World Cup matchup against France at 6 am on Sunday, July 23. Simmonds, who is the third generation of players in her family to represent Jamaica on the national stage grew up in Midlothian, VA, but her father Greg Simmonds is a graduate of Sherwood High School.
Kameron is following in her father and grandfather’s footsteps, as both men previously played for Jamaica’s national soccer team. In an interview discussing her family’s love for soccer and each other with Knox News, Simmonds said, “The love that we have for the game and each other, it’s just so amazing that I get to continue that legacy within the family. It’s something we can bond over and talk about. It’s just an incredible honor.”
After graduating from Sherwood in the early 90s, Greg Simmonds went on to attend Howard University where he played soccer and graduated as the all-time leading scorer for the Bison in 1998. In 1999, Simmonds turned professional with the Hershey Wildcats of the USL A-League. He scored sixteen goals that season and was selected as the A-League Rookie of the Year. His scoring touch led to D.C. United calling him up in January 2000 for two games in the 2000 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup. His professional career spanned until 2009 and he now the president and founder of various Futsal programs in the Richmond area.
Kameron will lead Jamaica in World Cup Group F with France, Brazil, and Panama. Jamaica is +4000 to finish first in Group F at the 2023 Women’s World Cup. To win the whole tournament, it has +50000 odds, according to Fox Sports.
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Sherwood High School rising senior Conor Pugh was recognized by county health officials and MCPS for his efforts to produce and distribute diabetes kits for students recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2020, Pugh has packaged tools, including glucose tablets, an insulin cooler, a medical ID bracelet, water bottle, pocket calculator and needle disposal container for storing used needles into a kit to help students adjust to a diabetes diagnosis. He put the kits together as part of his Eagle Scout service project.
He is a Life Scout of Scouts of America Troop 264 of Olney. The kits are being distributed through Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Service’s (DHHS) school health nurses. He hopes to make life a little easier for other students learning to live with diabetes.
Courtesy of MCPS
Sam Dickey, a senior at Sherwood High School, was awarded the $180,000 Navy ROTC Scholarship (Marine option) on Thursday, May 25th. Rockville Marines announced yesterday, “Today, Sam is one of the hand selected few who have been awarded the $180,000 NROTC Scholarship (Marine Option)!! What an awesome way to represent your family and Sherwood High School! Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication!”
Per the NROTC: The purpose of the Navy ROTC Program is to educate and train qualified young men and women for service as commissioned officers in the Navy’s unrestricted line, the Navy Nurse Corps and the Marine Corps. As the largest single source of Navy and Marine Corps officers, the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program plays an important role in preparing mature young men and women for leadership and management positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps.
Selected applicants for the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program are awarded scholarships through a highly competitive national selection process, and receive full tuition, books stipend, educational fees and other financial benefits OR Room and Board at many of the country’s leading colleges and universities. Upon graduation, midshipmen are commissioned as officers in the unrestricted line Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve.
The Navy ROTC Scholarship Program is available to qualified students who graduate from high school before August 1 of the year they intend to start college.
Students selected for the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program make their own arrangements for college enrollment and room and board, and take the normal course load required by the college or university for degree completion. Additionally, scholarship midshipmen are required to follow specific academic guidelines.
Full information concerning the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program is available from any of the colleges and universities with Navy ROTC units or from Navy and Marine Corps recruiters. A list of colleges and universities is available on this website at the Colleges and Universities page.
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Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) units responded to 14508 Homecrest Rd (Homecrest House Stein Building) in Sandy Spring for a small fire in a 2nd floor apartment. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the fire was located in a kitchen and involved appliances/equipment. The fire was extinguished by maintenance crew prior to MCFRS arrival. Five patients were evaluated and two adults were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injures.
We will post an update if additional information becomes available.
Update – Homecrest House Stein Building, Homecrest Road, Aspen Hill, small fire in kitchen, involved appliance/equipment, fire extinguished by maintenance crew prior to fire department arrival, some smoke, @MCFRS_EMIHS evaluated five (5) patients, two (2) adults transported NLT pic.twitter.com/20KJxOnG0d
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) May 24, 2023
“The Wizard” Walt Williams will give the commencement speech at Sherwood High School on Friday, June 9th. Williams is a D.C. native who was a star at the University of Maryland before being taken with the 7th pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. His NBA career spanned over a decade, scoring over 8,000 points with nearly 1,000 made three pointers.
Williams is a MoCo resident with three sons who have all attended Sherwood High School. He was even an assistant basketball coach for the team for a couple years while two of his sons played basketball for Sherwood. Sherwood’s graduation will take place at UMBC on Friday, June 9th at 2:30pm.
Nearly 12,000 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students are expected to receive their diplomas during commencement ceremonies scheduled between Wednesday, May 31, and Thursday, June 15. Graduation ceremonies will take place on individual high school campuses, at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., and on the campuses of Mount St. Mary’s University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Let’s go Bryce!!!!! Let’s go Sherwood!!!! https://t.co/CveuUXa4IM
— Walt Williams (@WaltTheWizard42) May 9, 2023
Another year, another Strawberry Festival! The 41st annual festival will take place at the Sandy Spring Museum (17901 Bentley Road) on June 3 and 4. “You might not think it’s possible but this year’s festival is going to be more fun than ever! That’s because it’s the 41st year and there are at least 41 great things to look forward to.”
What’s the Strawberry Festival? It’s a giant block party, picnic, neighborhood gathering, and community celebration all rolled into two days of outdoor, family-friendly fun. Live music from two stages, kids’ games, petting zoo, pony rides, food trucks, crafts sale, the world’s greatest strawberry shortcake and many more activities. You can even eat crickets (video below)!
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Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a collision in the area of New Hampshire Avenue and Ashton Road in Ashton-Sandy Spring at approximately 4:15am on Sunday morning.
According to MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the vehicle went off the road in front of the Exxon station at 17840 New Hampshire Ave and overturned. A patient was extricated from the vehicle and transported to the hospital. There is currently no word on the cause of the crash or the condition of the patient.
(~415a) IAO New Hampshire Ave. & Ashton Road, IFO Exxon gas station, collision with entrapment, patient extricated, @MCFRS_EMIHS transported 1 adult trauma, @mcfrs PE704, A704, T725, RS715, C715, EMS704 responded pic.twitter.com/HqXzqFQA6C
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) May 7, 2023
Beef was last week’s #1 series on Netflix. The show is about a near-accident in a parking lot that turns two strangers into enemies. The argument, or “beef”, quickly develops to escalating acts of revenge as Amy (Ali Wong) and Danny (Steven Yeun) learn about each other’s identities and families and become more and more involved in each other’s lives. The role of Danny’s younger brother, Paul, is played by MoCo native Young Mazino.
Mazino is a Silver Spring native and graduated from Sherwood in 2009, where he excelled in track & field. He has previously been in shows like Prodigal Son, Blue Bloods and New Amsterdam, but Beef marks what’s likely Mazino’s most popular role to date. In an interview with PEOPLE magazine, Mazino mentioned growing up in Maryland and developing an interest in music and acting at a very young age. “Growing up as a kid I played the violin and I was performing just seemingly endlessly in concerts and recitals,” he told PEOPLE. “Since elementary school, I was always participating in the school plays,” he said, recalling of his early experience acting, “that feeling was electric, just getting to be outside of myself.”
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Four separate crashes resulted in overturned vehicles across Montgomery County on Monday, March 20, according to various reports by Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer.
The first was a single vehicle collision with rollover on I-270 on Monday morning around 9am. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the crash occurred on SB I270 in the HOV/Express Lane between Shady Grove Road and Route 28, prior to Exit 6. There were no injuries reported.
The second was a single vehicle collision with roll over on Monday afternoon around noon. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the incident occurred on the Outer Loop I495 between Old Georgetown Rd and River Rd, prior to the I270 Spur/Bradley Blvd overpass. EMS transported two adult trauma patients, both with non-life threatening injuries.
The third occurred at approximately 3pm when a collision caused a vehicle to overturn, trapping one person inside (the person was extricated by rescue crews) on Evangeline Lane and Hines Rd in Olney. Another vehicle that was involved also crashed through a fence and into a tree. One adult was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
At approximately 4pm, a collision occurred in the 16900 blk of Norwood Rd when a single vehicle traveled about 200 feet off road and across the yard of a horse farm/stable. One adult was evaluated but refused transport to the hospital. There were no injuries to nearby dogs or horses. Property damage included one horse trailer and a few Japanese Maple trees.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a single vehicle collision with an overturned vehicle on Monday, March 20, around 4:30pm in Sandy Spring.
According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the collision occurred in the 16900 blk of Norwood Rd when a single vehicle traveled about 200 feet off road and across the yard of a horse farm/stable. One adult was evaluated but refused transport to the hospital. There were no injuries to nearby dogs or horses. Property damage included one horse trailer and a few Japanese Maple trees.
More… off Norwood Road, collision, property damage included one horse trailer & a few Japanese Maple trees pic.twitter.com/IdeABDQrGD
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 20, 2023
